Comments by "Kevin Oliver" (@kevinoliver3083) on "Vickers Mk IV .50 Caliber Water-Cooled Tank Gun" video.

  1. The Commonwealth navies used .5 Vickers guns, it twin power turrets on MTBs (PT-Boats), MGBs and ML throughout WW2.
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  2. Yes, The Breda-SAFAT 12.7x81mmSR cartridge is a semi-rimmed version of .5 Vickers.
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  3. John Browning didn't design the 50 cal from scratch. He scaled up the M1917. Are you saying he was lacking in imagination?
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  4.  @jackmoorehead2036  John Browning did not invent the .50 BMG round. It was developed at the Frankford arsenal. Essentialy as a scaled up .30-06 round. And do you not think that the .5 Ball Mk.1 cartridge did not have to be invented?
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  5.  @jackmoorehead2036  As I wrote John Browning was a consultant. But, like most of his gun designs, his concept was handed to a team of engineers and technicians to develop to a working design, suitable for mass production. John Moses Browning was a genius, but he did not work alone.
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  6. Rolls-Royce developed .50 and .55 machine guns during WW2. The Air Ministry told them to stop messing with guns and concentrate on engines.
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